Combat Story (Ep 45): Dan Pronk Part 2 | Australian SASR | Doctor | Resilience Shield | Entrepreneur
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Today we hear the second round of our Combat Story with Dan Pronk, a former Australian SAS officer and medical doctor who completed four tours to Afghanistan.
In round one we covered Dan’s first calling as a triathlete until he found himself in medical school, and, eventually, SAS selection. We also touched on some of his initial deployments.
In round two we move into the more difficult deployments Dan faced when things started getting darker, as they so often do.
We also discuss Dan’s newly released book - Resilience Shield - which takes SAS resilience lessons and applies them to everyday life to thrive, much as Dan has.
Dan went on to found a multi-million dollar company - TACMED - and has written two other books: Arterial Tourniquets and Average 70kg D**khead.
Dan is the most unassuming doctor you’ll ever find and I hope you enjoy this second round interview Down Under as much as I did.
Website Resilience Shield www.resilienceshield.com/ LinkedIN Dan Pronk https://www.linkedin.com/in/danpronk/ Instagram @danpronk www.instagram.com/danpronk/?hl=en Book Average 70kg D**khead https://tinyurl.com/3mteztn2 Book Arterial Tourniquets https://tinyurl.com/szseuyem Book Resilience Shield https://tinyurl.com/2vjm43m6 TacMed https://tacmedaustralia.com.au/pages/about-us Delta Automotive https://www.facebook.com/deltaautomotive/
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Show Notes Round 2
Entrepreneur
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:57Dan Pronk intro and bio
- 1:52Interview begins
- 4:12The Afghanistan pull out
- 10:58Desperately wanting to get back into combat
- 15:00Find Fix Finish for Psychological Trauma
- 20:43Third deployment “hugely kinetic”
- 24:43The Suckmeter
- 27:38The build-up of PTSD
- 45:36How to make resilience insights to bulletproof operators
- 55:50Dan’s first classic car purchase and how not to make your wife happy
- 1:09:00The Unforgiving Sixty podcast by Dan Pronk’s Resilience Shield Co-author
- 1:09:46What did you carry with you into combat every time?
- 1:11:57Would you go back and do it all again?
- 1:15:43Listener Comments and Shout Outs
